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EvanG

There may not be a huge difference between field trialers and hunters, but there is a huge difference between hunters and field trialers. Ummmm...yeah. Some dogs did need another month. Most made it out in four months. That's all the owners were willing to pay for. And I had similar experiences. Bu...

Well, let’s look at what you have and haven't said here and why you've said it. I'm not quite sure why you took so much space to say the same thing I did about the Carr and Lardy tapes, but I'm glad you feel the same way about them that I do. We didn’t say the same things about them. We said only h...

To me, Lardy, Carr-Rorem and Evan Graham are really geared toward the trialer . That I know of, no one takes a dog and trains it through decoys, steady in the blind, quartering in the field, plus the force work . Most hunting lab don't need angle entries, multiple marks, and channel blinds. Soemone...

Formalize "Here", e-collar condition to it, and thoroughly de-bolt him. All of these are standard items in most modern systems for retrievers.

EvanG

We have to remember that befoe the electric collar, trainer only had ropes. A rope will dog everything an electric collar will, only at a more limited distance. Most today have forgotten the way's of the old trainers. That's why so many dogs can operate at high levels in the field, but need such fr...

Hey i'm having a problem with my 7 month lab female delivering the dummy to me. She wants to go lay down about 20 ft from me and chew on the top of it. I don't really want to force her to me with a check cord but i think i have no other choice. I just don't want a retrieve to be forceful to her. Wh...

I will be going into the market for a gun dog in roughly two years when my enlistment in the marines is up. I was raised with goldens, but we never trained them for hunting. Part of me is leaning toward a lab due to the all too common timid personality of goldens. Still, I would prefer a golden. I ...

I must have a wierd sense of humor but does it seem right that it takes 3 days to get "Ten Minute Retriever". Guess it isn't bad though if you can get your dog trained in 3 days and 10minutes. :roll: Ezzy The 10 Minute Retriever only teaches your dog to hunt for 10 minute tops!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lo...

What are you trying to accomplish with this skill? Is the end product one that will assist your dog in being directed to fallen game?

If it's just a game you want to play with him, that's fine. But if you want to build hunting skills there are better ways of doing it.

EvanG

My lab is nearly a year old and Ive been working with her on hand signals and she does great on baseball and the double tee but when it comes to actual blind retrives she will only go out 40 yds before she runs all over the place. then I blow my wistle for sit and she has to get in 10 more seconds ...